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Taking everybody along<br />
Bharti <strong>Airtel</strong> Annual Report 2009-10<br />
Bharti <strong>Airtel</strong> Annual Report 2009-10<br />
The program aims to provide academic support to children, healthy nutritious mid day meals and also contribute to their holistic<br />
development. Launched in 2006, just three years into operation the schools have, slowly but surely, started to make an impact on the<br />
children, parents and the village community.<br />
Community participation and involvement continues to be an integral part of the Satya Bharti School Program. Our efforts at<br />
making community an essential part of our operations have not only earned us respect, support and buy-in from opinion<br />
leaders, but have also started contributing to future growth of the community. Surely there is a positive behavioural change<br />
among the community members.<br />
Direct involvement of community in school activities is undertaken in the programs.<br />
1,400 community volunteers signed up to take classes during the summer camp held in<br />
June 2009. They took sessions in local arts and crafts, storytelling and music.<br />
Community members also volunteer their services for other school related activities.<br />
Skills beyond Books<br />
“<br />
The Satya Bharti Schools have turned into mini ITIs<br />
where children are learning about other important skills<br />
like Carpentry, Tailoring, Gardening, Dancing and Farming<br />
from local talent and resources.<br />
Nathu Ram Choudhary, Sarpanch<br />
Design for Giving<br />
“<br />
Jati Bhandu, Rajasthan<br />
Guardian, on course to graduation…<br />
Social issues in the community are getting addressed through<br />
Community Development Programs. 2,100 children across Having studied till senior school only, Laluram is working as the<br />
91 Satya Bharti Schools participated in the Design for Giving School Guardian at the Satya Bharti Government Primary School<br />
contest. They undertook various campaigns in their own in Salgawali, Amer. The teachers were very keen that he studies<br />
communities like girl child awareness rallies, combating global<br />
further and often encouraged him. They inspired him with the<br />
warming, literacy drives, health and hygiene drives, drug<br />
example of a school guardian at another Satya Bharti School<br />
abuse, environment, campaigns against child marriage etc.<br />
being promoted as teacher due to his capability. Turned interested<br />
The most effective amongst these campaigns the “Campaign to study further, Laluram faced financial difficulties. The teachers<br />
against Child Marriage” was undertaken by 32 students of the<br />
helped him. Thanks to their efforts, Laluram is now pursuing<br />
Satya Bharti School in Lordi Dejgara, Jodhpur, Rajasthan.<br />
his graduation.<br />
Seeing rapid increase in the number of their friends getting<br />
married or engaged at an early age, the students identified<br />
this as a serious peril affecting their community. As a part of this campaign, the students undertook rallies, performed<br />
role-plays against child marriage and also organised meetings with senior community members to discuss the issue. The<br />
initiative was supported by all community members and was well accepted. It helped them to prevent marriages of 16 children<br />
in the village and neighbouring villages. Inspired, many parents pledged not to marry their children before an appropriate age.<br />
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